Details for: PI 682103, Allium cepa L., 'Eclipse'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Allium cepa L.

Cultivar:

'Eclipse'

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

16 Sep 2009

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Biennial

Life Cycle:

Biennial

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	225 count		PI 682103 09CI SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Allium cepa L.

Cultivar:

'Eclipse'

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

16 Sep 2009

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Biennial

Life Cycle:

Biennial

Source History

Donated

February 2006.
California, United States
Habitat: Seed company
Comment: Chris Cramer acquired from Mr. Mike Dessert, President of Emerald Seed Co.
Donor(s):

Emerald Seed Company

16 September 2009.
New Mexico, United States

Donor(s):

Cramer, Chris, New Mexico State University

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Eclipse'

Type: Cultivar name

NMSU 09-62

Type: Institute identifier

Cramer, Chris New Mexico State University

Narrative

Short day white variety. Used primarily to produce pearl or pickling onions in latitudes above 40 degrees. When planted in May, round to slightly oval 1 to 1.5 inch white waxy bulbs can be harvested in 90 to 120 days. When planted in short day areas (30 degrees or below), this variety produces a medium sized thick flat white bulb in 150 to 180 days. Resistant to Pink Root and doubling.

Allium cepa L.

Genus:

Allium

Subgenus:

Cepa

Section:

Cepa

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Allioideae

Tribe:

Allieae

Nomen number:

2244

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:300. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358319

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

07/09/1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Allium cepa L. var. aggregatum G. Don (2 active accession[s])
Allium cepa L. var. cepa (96 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Allium cumaria Buch.-Ham., nom. inval.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	bulb onion	1	Havey, M. J. 1991. Phylogenetic relationships among cultivated Allium species from restriction enzyme analysis of the chloroplast genome. Theor. Appl. Genet. 81:752-757. Note: this study included five USDA accessions (PI 172703, PI 207456, PI 227346, PI 260793, and PI 293756); it found evidence of close affinity between Allium cepa and A. fistulosum
English	common onion	1	Fritsch, R. M. & N. Friesen. 2002. Chapter 1. Evolution, domestication and taxonomy. In: Rabinowitch, H. D. & L. Currah, eds., Allium crop science: recent advances 5-30. Note: recognizes three crop groups: Common onion group, Ever-ready onions and Aggregatum group
English	onion	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	shallot	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Arabic	basal	2	Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
Italian	cipolla	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Swedish	lök	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean	ogba	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:75.
Transcribed Korean	yangba	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:75.

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